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Polkamotion by the Ocean draws fans to Rehoboth

Annual event at the convention center features dancing and Polish food
Polkamotion by the Ocean took place Oct. 3-5 in Rehoboth Beach. Dennis Polisky & Maestro’s Men performing musicians are (l-r) Jim Motyka, Kevin Kruath and Dennis Polisky. CHRIS FLOOD PHOTOS
Chris Flood
October 12, 2024

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Rehoboth Beach Convention Center
229 Rehoboth Avenue
Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971
United States

Hundreds of polka fans from across the country gathered in Rehoboth Beach recently for the annual Polkamotion by the Ocean.

Founded in 1980, the four-day event took place in Ocean City, Md., until the festival moved north to Rehoboth Beach in 2004.

The three-day event at the Rehoboth Beach Convention Center began Oct. 3, and featured three evenings of polkas, waltzes and obereks, and Polish delicacies.

Get those dancing shoes ready because event hosts already know when the annual event will be held the next three years – Sept. 18-20, 2025; Sept. 17-19, 2026; Sept. 16-18, 2027.

For more information on Polkamotion by the Ocean, go to polkamotion.com.

 

Enjoying a good polka are Kathi Moyer and E.J. Yonchik.
Polka Country Musicians gets the crowd moving.
It’s not all fast-moving polkas. There are waltzes too. Nick Uram and Shirley Paull enjoy each other’s company.
Emily Mytych, left, and Sydney Jasiuski are having fun while getting their polka on.
Adam Maszczenski gets a few pierogis grilled up.
There were more than 200 stuffed cabbages, or golabki, made in advance of the event.
If it’s a polka festival, there’s going to be two kinds of kielbasa – fresh or smoked – and lots of sauerkraut.
Polkamotion by the Ocean first took place in Ocean City, Md., in 1980.
Mark your calendars for the next few years for polka-related fun in Rehoboth Beach.

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Chris Flood has been working for the Cape Gazette since early 2014. He currently covers Rehoboth Beach and Henlopen Acres, but has also covered Dewey Beach and the state government. He covers environmental stories, business stories and random stories on subjects he finds interesting, and he also writes a column called Choppin’ Wood that runs every other week. Additionally, Flood moonlights as the company’s circulation manager, which primarily means fixing boxes that are jammed with coins during daylight hours, but sometimes means delivering papers in the middle of the night. He’s a graduate of the University of Maine and the Landing School of Boat Building & Design.

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